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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
The latest and greatest edition to self-guide you up and down the mean streets.
Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Tag Archives: J. Dan Price
Rediscovered: Quinn (Not the Eskimo)
Yeah, I know what some of you must be thinking: What kind of lame Autograph Hound Super-Sunday is this, anyway, that doesn’t even lay down a single John Hancock? So, to deliver the goods, how about the inscription Seabury Quinn scratched … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Arkham House, Autographs, Brian Leno, Clark Ashton Smith, E. Hoffmann Price, J. Dan Price, Phantom Fighter, Seabury Quinn
Two-Gun Bob: Rob Roehm on Previous Discovery of “Racial Standpoint”
Just got in a note from Rob Roehm, a Big Name Fan in Robert E. Howard circles in recent years, tireless tracker of any mention of the Howard family in courthouses and county records across Texas. My favorite of his … Continue reading
Posted in REH
Tagged Brian Leno, Doc Howard, J. Dan Price, newspaper action, Rob Roehm, Scott Connors
Mort: J. Dan Price
Just heard that J. Dan Price, the only begotten son of pulp fictioneer E. Hoffmann Price, passed away on June 1 — various circumstances delayed the spread of the news. Great guy, he ranked as a raconteur right up there with … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: Hard-Boiled and Deviled Again
“Where on Earth is Don Herron?” asked Al Harron (no relation, or none that I know of — I have been remiss in my geneaological studies the last few years) on his blog just last month. Al trailed after Damon Sasser’s original “Where in the … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, News, REH
Tagged Al Harron, E. Hoffmann Price, J. Dan Price, Pulps, Rob Roehm, The Cimmerian
Rediscovered: Notes on Wetjen by Ed Price
Sometimes the prolific pulp writer E. Hoffmann Price would make a single notation in a book from his library, other times no marks at all. One time I visited him in his home in the hills above Redwood City just as he was … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit
Tagged Albert Richard Wetjen, Arkham House, Autographs, E. Hoffmann Price, Herb Caen, J. Dan Price, Jim Tully, Pulps, Samuel W. Taylor, The Book of the Dead